Company in the News Apr-2021

Madeleine Butler was invited to be part of the writers’ room for THE SINS & SECRETS OF TABARD LAKE, a serial radio drama created by Three Girls Theatre Company. Described as “pandemic noir, ” the tongue-in-check drama revolves around six actors who are stranded with long-buried secrets, a vengeful playwright, and no place to hide. Madeline co-wrote an episode with Marie Cartier, which was enormous fun. The prologue is available now, and a new episode will drop weekly for 8 weeks beginning on April Fool’s Day. Use this link for more info!

Arisa White releases her new poetic memoir WHO’S YOUR DADDY, published by Augury Books on March 1. WHO’S YOUR DADDY is a lyrical, genre-bending coming-of-age tale featuring a queer, Black, Guyanese American woman who, while seeking to define her own place in the world, negotiates an estranged relationship with her father. More details here!

Tessa Corrie jumped head first into March Madness. She just finished directing two sessions for TheatreWork’s Young Playwright’s Project (YPP) while working on developing 3 pieces for Pear Theatre’s One-Act Festival, Fresh Baked Pears. Watch out for Fresh Baked Pears which premiered March 26th and will be streaming on-demand until April 4th! She hopes to see ya there in the virtual audience! For more info about YPP use this link, and info about Fresh Baked Pears can be found here!

Amissa Miller was one of fourteen playwrights – BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or writers with disabilities – selected to participate in the Fresh Baked Pears One Act Festival. Shout out to the other PlayGround folks who were selected! Writers had one day to write a new piece in response to a set of prompts. Amissa’s play, Heart Like An Ocean, and the other thirteen new plays, are available to stream on demand from March 27-April 4th. Check out Fresh Baked Pears with this link!

Karen Offereins will be performing in Custom Made Theatre Company’s staged reading of Justin P. Lopez’s The Re-Education of Fernando Morales, as part of their Undiscovered Works series. The live performance on Zoom will be on Friday, April 2nd at 7pm and is Pay-What-You-Can. Tickets can be purchased using this link.

Julia Brothers’ solo show, I Was Right Here, commissioned by SF Playhouse, is available to stream as Video on Demand through April 17th. It’s a journey of the heart – love, loss, memory and its elusive nature – with the celebration of what it means to be human as we walk into the sunlight after a year of pandemic darkness. Sliding scale prices! Info and tickets can be found here!

Lisa Gaye Thompson will join five playwrights from both coasts to write plays based on audience suggestion, then come back to perform mostly-brilliant, always-fun cold readings. They’ll be joined this session by special guest playwright Craig Pospisil. Registration is open for our April 19th show. Register using the link here.

Trevor Allen’s play The Creature is being produced as a podcast by Dragon Theatre in April 2021. He is also working on a book and a script for the screen, more info to follow when he can talk about that. More info about The Creature can be found using this link.

Lauren Gorski’s short play Living Conditions, originally written for Monday Night PlayGround, will be featured in Atlantic Acting School’s C2 One Act Play Festival for Spring 2021 from May 20 – May 22. Details here!

Madeline Puccioni’s WAR BABIES, which was developed for PlayGround SF, and featured in a Monday Night PlayGround show, will be published in Qu Literary Magazine in May. WAR BABIES was based on a true story — a few years ago, I discovered my closest DNA match was a 76 year old Korean woman. She did not share her contact information, so I was unable to email her. It seems my uncle, who was stationed in Seoul in the 50’s, in the Korean war, had a Korean daughter…. many such stories are now coming to light. More info can be found here.

Aaron Higareda is going to be an MFA playwright at the University of California, Riverside’s Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts Program! He is definitely going to miss the Bay Area Theater Community, but is excited to take all the knowledge, skills and experiences he’s gained thus far and put it to good use in Southern California. He wishes to thank all the artists, administrators, and audience members he’s crossed paths with especially everyone at PlayGround!

Emilie Talbot just finished shooting the short film “SONDER” in San Francisco. IN PERSON. It was delightful to be in space with actors again in safe and thoughtful way.